From: LmCAgayLOB@aol.com
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 23:24:24 -0500
Subject: AB 1982: ROUND TWO, THIS WEEK !!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JANUARY 29, 1996
From: LIFE: California's Lesbian/Gay & AIDS Lobby
Contact: Laurie McBride
Ellen McCormick
916 444 0424
lmcagaylob@aol.com
ACTION ALERT
AB 1982 (Knight)
Sec. 308. A marriage contracted outside this state between
individuals of the same gender is not valid in this state.
AB 1982 is up for a vote by the California State Assembly THIS WEEK.
Letters are needed TODAY.
Write your Assemblymember. Or call. Fax. E-mail. Let them know you oppose
this bill. It doesn't matter if they are conservative or liberal.
Our legislature need to hear from all of us, from every district in the
state.
Within the next few weeks AB 1982 will go to its first Senate Policy
Committee. Start now, with a letter to your State Senator, and a copy to:
Senator Bill Lockyer
Senate Pro Tem
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814
Some talking points:
> We are families, some with children and some without. ALL families
deserve legal
recognition, and legal protection.
> We should be able to decide who we want to marry, not the State.
> California currently recognizes all marriages legally performed elsewhere.
That
includes marriages not available in this state, such as common law
marriages,
marriages with minors and marriages with relatives.
> Marriage law should never be based on prejudice, as it was against all
peoples of
color until just a few decades ago. Marriage is about the commitment
between two
people. The law has no business in interfering with our ability to take
legal
responsibility for each other.
Activate your friends, co-workers and family. Organize letter writing
parties, fax zaps, and phone trees. Don't let up!
E-mail lmcagaylob.aol.com and subscribe to our Marriage Action Alert list!
Be in the loop, and then pass the info on!
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